Dale Thomas

Dale Thomas (22 July 1942-15 June 1970) was a MACV-SOG operative during the Vietnam War.

Biography
Dale Thomas was born on 22 July 1942 in Wichita, Kansas. Thomas enlisted in the Green Berets of the US Army during the Vietnam War, but he later moved on to MACV-SOG, the special forces that carried out numerous classified missions against North Vietnam during the war. In 1970 he took part in Operation Aspers, in which the team succeeded in rescuing POWs from the Hanoi Hilton; however, Thomas was killed in action, and he was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star.